Connecting Novell users with what's going on inside and around the Novell universe.

Novell Open Audio features interviews with the people at Novell who are driving the technical direction of Novell, covering open source software, Linux, security and identity, and many other topics of interest.

We get a chance to sit down with Martin Lasarsch (evangelist for openSUSE) and get an overview of what is in openSUSE 10.3. We also get a chance to sit down and talk to no fewer than 10 people who help bring the openSUSE release to you. They give us an idea of what goes into a release of openSUSE and give us some insight into things like how the numbering of our releases work.Time: 60:54MP3 Size: 20.9Links for this Episode:

Today the guys have invited Guy Lunardi into the studio to give an update on the announcements Novell made at the recent LinuxWorld conference. Then we chat with Norm O’Neil from ESI, who tells us about the Indiana Access Program and explains how they rolled out SUSE Linux Enterprise to 20,000 students.

Join us in a comical review of openSUSE’s Hack Week. Erin, Randy, Dave, and even Mike contribute their two cents’ worth on the developments. Then Erin brings in a guest – Doc Hodges – to help interview Will Stephenson on what is happening with KDE 4.0.Time: 1.18:36MP3 Size: 27.1 MB

Overview
Ted and Erin interview the guys in Novell IS&T to find out how and why they use open source software for running Novell’s business. Then comes News from Support, where we delve into what the upcoming change in Daylight Saving Time may mean to your organization.Time: 30:38
Size: 21.0 MB

A merger between the Open Source Development Lab and the Free Standards Group yields a new organization to advance open source software and Linux: The Linux Foundation. Executive Director for the Linux Foundation Jim Zemlin reveals how the new organization plans to carry forward the missions and goals of its two predecessor organizations. Then we briefly talk with Novell’s Markus Rex about what this merger might mean to Novell and SUSE Linux.Time: 35:55
Size: 24.6 MB